High correlation between Chagas' disease serology and PCR-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA in Bolivian children living in an endemic area.

Abstract:

:The detection of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification is a potentially powerful tool for the parasitological diagnosis of Chagas' disease. We have applied this technique in a field situation in Bolivia, where 45 children from a primary school were subjected to serological testing, buffy coat analysis and PCR diagnosis. 26 of the 28 serology-positive individuals were also positive by PCR. In addition, two serology-negative children gave a positive result by PCR, including one who was positive in the buffy coat test. These results suggest that PCR detection of T. cruzi DNA in blood can be a very useful complement to serology in Chagas' disease diagnosis in Bolivia.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Wincker P,Bosseno MF,Britto C,Yaksic N,Cardoso MA,Morel CM,Brenière SF

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07318.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-12-15 00:00:00

pages

419-23

issue

3

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

journal_volume

124

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